漸 → 蹇
Hexagram 53: Development → Hexagram 39: Obstruction
䷴
漸
Development
Wind / Mountain
→
䷦
蹇
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → WaterThe Gentle → The Deep
Lower TrigramMountain → Mountain
Yilin Verse
敏捷極疾，如猿集木。彤弓雖調，終不能獲。
Swift and nimble beyond measure, like an ape gathering among the trees. Though the vermillion bow is tuned, in the end it cannot catch its quarry.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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